{
  "slug": "1980-dixie-lipton-empire-strikes-back-collectors-kits",
  "title": "1980 Dixie / Lipton Empire Strikes Back Collector's Kits (Rebel + Empire)",
  "year": 1980,
  "groups": [
    {
      "name": "Rebel Alliance Collector's Kit: 5×7 Action Photos",
      "cards": [
        {
          "code": "1",
          "name": "Rebel Alliance Collector's Kit Action Photo 1",
          "name_status": "editorial_title_from_documented_printed_action_photo_number; photo-specific caption not transcribed",
          "collectible_type": "oversize_action_photo",
          "printed_numbering": "numbered",
          "issue": "1980 Dixie / Lipton mail-order four-card kit with an accompanying film-character poster",
          "notes": "Numbered 5×7-inch glossy cardstock Action Photo #1 in the Rebel Alliance four-card Collector's Kit. The editorial title does not assert the original printed caption; distinguish from the 1981 Dixie Cup Story Card strips. Collector's article documents Han Solo on 3 of its 4 photos, but does not specify which printed numbers; Luke not pictured.",
          "external_photo_leads": [
            {
              "url": "https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2017/02/",
              "printing": "Original collector article displays the four separately numbered Rebel Alliance Action Photo fronts and backs (including #1)",
              "rights": "link_only_not_cleared",
              "note": "Research-only article photograph of the card within its four-piece kit. No copyright clearance or standalone IDS image file."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "2",
          "name": "Rebel Alliance Collector's Kit Action Photo 2",
          "name_status": "editorial_title_from_documented_printed_action_photo_number; photo-specific caption not transcribed",
          "collectible_type": "oversize_action_photo",
          "printed_numbering": "numbered",
          "issue": "1980 Dixie / Lipton mail-order four-card kit with an accompanying film-character poster",
          "notes": "Numbered 5×7-inch glossy cardstock Action Photo #2 in the Rebel Alliance four-card Collector's Kit. The editorial title does not assert the original printed caption; distinguish from the 1981 Dixie Cup Story Card strips. Collector's article documents Han Solo on 3 of its 4 photos, but does not specify which printed numbers; Luke not pictured.",
          "external_photo_leads": [
            {
              "url": "https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2017/02/",
              "printing": "Original collector article displays the four separately numbered Rebel Alliance Action Photo fronts and backs (including #2)",
              "rights": "link_only_not_cleared",
              "note": "Research-only article photograph of the card within its four-piece kit. No copyright clearance or standalone IDS image file."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "3",
          "name": "Rebel Alliance Collector's Kit Action Photo 3",
          "name_status": "editorial_title_from_documented_printed_action_photo_number; photo-specific caption not transcribed",
          "collectible_type": "oversize_action_photo",
          "printed_numbering": "numbered",
          "issue": "1980 Dixie / Lipton mail-order four-card kit with an accompanying film-character poster",
          "notes": "Numbered 5×7-inch glossy cardstock Action Photo #3 in the Rebel Alliance four-card Collector's Kit. The editorial title does not assert the original printed caption; distinguish from the 1981 Dixie Cup Story Card strips. Collector's article documents Han Solo on 3 of its 4 photos, but does not specify which printed numbers; Luke not pictured.",
          "external_photo_leads": [
            {
              "url": "https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2017/02/",
              "printing": "Original collector article displays the four separately numbered Rebel Alliance Action Photo fronts and backs (including #3)",
              "rights": "link_only_not_cleared",
              "note": "Research-only article photograph of the card within its four-piece kit. No copyright clearance or standalone IDS image file."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "4",
          "name": "Rebel Alliance Collector's Kit Action Photo 4",
          "name_status": "editorial_title_from_documented_printed_action_photo_number; photo-specific caption not transcribed",
          "collectible_type": "oversize_action_photo",
          "printed_numbering": "numbered",
          "issue": "1980 Dixie / Lipton mail-order four-card kit with an accompanying film-character poster",
          "notes": "Numbered 5×7-inch glossy cardstock Action Photo #4 in the Rebel Alliance four-card Collector's Kit. The editorial title does not assert the original printed caption; distinguish from the 1981 Dixie Cup Story Card strips. Collector's article documents Han Solo on 3 of its 4 photos, but does not specify which printed numbers; Luke not pictured.",
          "external_photo_leads": [
            {
              "url": "https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2017/02/",
              "printing": "Original collector article displays the four separately numbered Rebel Alliance Action Photo fronts and backs (including #4)",
              "rights": "link_only_not_cleared",
              "note": "Research-only article photograph of the card within its four-piece kit. No copyright clearance or standalone IDS image file."
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Empire Collector's Kit: 5×7 Action Photos",
      "cards": [
        {
          "code": "1",
          "name": "Empire Collector's Kit Action Photo 1",
          "name_status": "editorial_title_from_documented_printed_action_photo_number; photo-specific caption not transcribed",
          "collectible_type": "oversize_action_photo",
          "printed_numbering": "numbered",
          "issue": "1980 Dixie / Lipton mail-order four-card kit with an accompanying film-character poster",
          "notes": "Numbered 5×7-inch glossy cardstock Action Photo #1 in the Empire four-card Collector's Kit. The editorial title does not assert the original printed caption; distinguish from the 1981 Dixie Cup Story Card strips. Collector's article documents Darth Vader in each of the 4 photos, Boba Fett in 2 (exact positions not established), plus a group of bounty hunters and a Vader/Luke duel.",
          "external_photo_leads": [
            {
              "url": "https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2017/07/esb-collectors-kit-empire-card-set.html",
              "printing": "Original collector article displays the four separately numbered Empire Action Photo fronts and backs (including #1)",
              "rights": "link_only_not_cleared",
              "note": "Research-only article photograph of the card within its four-piece kit. No copyright clearance or standalone IDS image file."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "2",
          "name": "Empire Collector's Kit Action Photo 2",
          "name_status": "editorial_title_from_documented_printed_action_photo_number; photo-specific caption not transcribed",
          "collectible_type": "oversize_action_photo",
          "printed_numbering": "numbered",
          "issue": "1980 Dixie / Lipton mail-order four-card kit with an accompanying film-character poster",
          "notes": "Numbered 5×7-inch glossy cardstock Action Photo #2 in the Empire four-card Collector's Kit. The editorial title does not assert the original printed caption; distinguish from the 1981 Dixie Cup Story Card strips. Collector's article documents Darth Vader in each of the 4 photos, Boba Fett in 2 (exact positions not established), plus a group of bounty hunters and a Vader/Luke duel.",
          "external_photo_leads": [
            {
              "url": "https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2017/07/esb-collectors-kit-empire-card-set.html",
              "printing": "Original collector article displays the four separately numbered Empire Action Photo fronts and backs (including #2)",
              "rights": "link_only_not_cleared",
              "note": "Research-only article photograph of the card within its four-piece kit. No copyright clearance or standalone IDS image file."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "3",
          "name": "Empire Collector's Kit Action Photo 3",
          "name_status": "editorial_title_from_documented_printed_action_photo_number; photo-specific caption not transcribed",
          "collectible_type": "oversize_action_photo",
          "printed_numbering": "numbered",
          "issue": "1980 Dixie / Lipton mail-order four-card kit with an accompanying film-character poster",
          "notes": "Numbered 5×7-inch glossy cardstock Action Photo #3 in the Empire four-card Collector's Kit. The editorial title does not assert the original printed caption; distinguish from the 1981 Dixie Cup Story Card strips. Collector's article documents Darth Vader in each of the 4 photos, Boba Fett in 2 (exact positions not established), plus a group of bounty hunters and a Vader/Luke duel.",
          "external_photo_leads": [
            {
              "url": "https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2017/07/esb-collectors-kit-empire-card-set.html",
              "printing": "Original collector article displays the four separately numbered Empire Action Photo fronts and backs (including #3)",
              "rights": "link_only_not_cleared",
              "note": "Research-only article photograph of the card within its four-piece kit. No copyright clearance or standalone IDS image file."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "4",
          "name": "Empire Collector's Kit Action Photo 4",
          "name_status": "editorial_title_from_documented_printed_action_photo_number; photo-specific caption not transcribed",
          "collectible_type": "oversize_action_photo",
          "printed_numbering": "numbered",
          "issue": "1980 Dixie / Lipton mail-order four-card kit with an accompanying film-character poster",
          "notes": "Numbered 5×7-inch glossy cardstock Action Photo #4 in the Empire four-card Collector's Kit. The editorial title does not assert the original printed caption; distinguish from the 1981 Dixie Cup Story Card strips. Collector's article documents Darth Vader in each of the 4 photos, Boba Fett in 2 (exact positions not established), plus a group of bounty hunters and a Vader/Luke duel.",
          "external_photo_leads": [
            {
              "url": "https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2017/07/esb-collectors-kit-empire-card-set.html",
              "printing": "Original collector article displays the four separately numbered Empire Action Photo fronts and backs (including #4)",
              "rights": "link_only_not_cleared",
              "note": "Research-only article photograph of the card within its four-piece kit. No copyright clearance or standalone IDS image file."
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Collector-owned Rebel Alliance 1980 Action Photos: four numbered front/back examples",
      "url": "https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2017/02/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Collector-owned Empire 1980 Action Photos: four numbered front/back examples",
      "url": "https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2017/07/esb-collectors-kit-empire-card-set.html"
    },
    {
      "name": "PSA 1977–1984 US Star Wars promos: Rebel and Empire Collector's Kits 4+4",
      "url": "https://www.psacard.com/articles/articleview/4576/psa-set-registry-1977-1984-u-s-star-wars-cards"
    },
    {
      "name": "Heritage 2013 historic sale includes both original four-card collector kits",
      "url": "https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-posters/science-fiction/star-wars-lot-various-1977-1993-premium-posters-2-12-x-20-trading-card-sets-2-132-cards-and-140-cards-25-x-3-total-26/a/161321-53494.s"
    }
  ],
  "details": "Original 1980 Dixie/Lipton mail-order promotion. Two separate optional kits, each one character poster plus four oversized 5×7 inch action photograph cards. Number 1-4 restarts within each kit and is meaningful only with group identity. Not the 1981 Dixie Story Cards."
}